Before I Die Wall, Sacred Dreams into Words

The Before I Die Wall is up! 132 persons so far have put their sacred dreams into words.

Creating and designing the wall at Escuela de Artes Industriales (Have Hammer Will Travel A.C) school was a challenge. The students and staff took on the challenge to build the wall. After two weeks of planning and design, it was realized that wood would not be strong enough and give years of service to the wall. We then looked metal and realized for about 15% more in expenses, we could have a larger, stronger, longer lasting wall. It was voted it would be metal. Larger 10ft wide by 5 ft 4 inches high with legs 2 ½ feet tall. It took three coats of (pizarron) chalk board paint. Shelly Stokes local stencil maker helped us with iron on stencils. The stencils would not iron on cold metal very well. Upon research we discovered prepositional adhesive spray maybe the answer (like post it notes), it worked and made nice firm contact, but when removing the stencil, the m’s. ns and e’s would rip off and stick the chalk paint. That made the stencil a little difficult to use again. Our stencil maker Shelly Stokes saved the day and made new stencils with little bridges connect the m’s, ns and e’s. the stencil now pealed off very easily and could be used again.

It worked the Before I Die Wall was completed and delivered on time.

And the 4-day event for the “Intercultural celebration of life and honoring death” at LCS also has been a success thank you for partnering with us, your generous support made it all happen. See attached photos

Thank you